Jen Stefanski

I took a few photos of the wonderfully talented Jen Stefanski. She found this super awesome colorful building/garage, and of course I fell in love (considering it matches my branding colors so well) :) 

I'm debating which version of this picture I like the most:

Recent Photos

Matthew's brother Mitch was kind enough to allow me to photograph him this morning, and the pictures came out awesome! 

A picture of the siblings:

My adorable kitties! I think they came out well considering it was my first true attempt of capturing a decent photo of them:

Shoot with Susana

I had a photoshoot with Susana Madrid today to document some of her super fun jewelry/accessories. Here are some of the pictures, including some of the designer herself! 

Latest Portraits

Since I've been busy working on my web presence and my branding, I haven't had many shoots recently. However, last weekend I had the privilege to photograph two fun young women, and they turned out great! 

The first shoot was with Lauren Passauer, a CCAD alumni. We just shot around in the Crane Center, mostly because I was wearing a knee brace and getting around to various locations was not exactly an option. But I was pleased with the results and it was super fun working with her!

My second shoot was with my close friend Megan Bush (also a portrait photographer), and my wonderful fiance was my assistant (as usual). We shot around in my neighborhood in Canton, despite the mounds of dirty snow and of course, the knee brace. But we had fun as always and she looked adorable:

I've been struggling for a while now to shoot horizontally, because my ENTIRE portfolio is vertical. I challenge myself now to complete at least one decent horizontal image per shoot, but still, the vertical format always wins (especially combined with the Lens Baby-somehow I just can't get away from that lens!)

My favorite assistant: 

A portrait of Matthew & I taken by Megan:

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Website/Business Cards/Branding!

I've been busy the last few weeks with my branding; getting my logo set, figuring out how to make a professional-looking business card that is also eye-catching, and FINALLY finishing up and posting my website.

It's taken me months, and an unbelievable amount of stress, but my website, www.mjp-photo.com, is finally up! Its professional, has beautiful slideshows for viewing my work, and is worth the 400/year I will be paying for it. I created it through Site Welder , so for any of you photographers that want to relieve yourself of the stress of making a website and happen to have some extra money, I highly recommend it. Its all customizable and they have a pretty good selection of templates. 

Although it was technically an assignment for my photo portfolio class, I have also finished my business logo:

Its simple, fresh, and modern, which is exactly how I want to represent myself. I didn't want a super graphic logo, because I wanted it to represent my name clearly, as I will most likely never become a household name. I need people to remember my name, not an abbreviation/symbol in which it may get lost in. 

As for my business cards, I've also been struggling for quite some time to get them right. After some inspirational searches on google, I finally found a design that reflects my branding, but is also simple:

Comments and suggestions are always welcome!